blåne

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See also: blane, Blane, and bláně

Danish

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Etymology

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blå +‎ -ne

Verb

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blåne (imperative blån, infinitive at blåne, present tense blåner, past tense blånede, perfect tense blånet)

  1. (intransitive) to become blue
  2. (transitive) to make blue
    • 2015, Jakob Melander, De berusedes vej, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
      Hendes grånende hår havde en lilla tone – fandtes der virkelig stadig nogen, der blånede deres hår?
      Her greying hair had a purple tone - were there really still people who dyed their hair blue?
    • 2014, Jens Ove Trans, Jorder, haver, krat & fiskerier ved Esrum Kloster, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 58:
      .. mens himlen blånedes i det åbne rum midt i deres kloster, ...
      ... while the sky turned blue in the open space in the very midst of their monastery, ...
    • 2016, Hans Jørgen Lembourn, Sandhedens forbandelse, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Fuglebjerget over dem blånedes og lyste til sidst i lilla og rødt.
      The bird mountain above them turned blue and finally glowed purple and red.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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blåne (present tense blånar, past tense blåna, past participle blåna, passive infinitive blånast, present participle blånande, imperative blåne/blån)

  1. (intransitive) to bluen

Noun

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blåne m (definite singular blånen, indefinite plural blånar, definite plural blånane)

  1. mountains in the distance as seen by their bluish tint
  2. a bluish colour